Google blocks Huawei access to Android updates after blacklisting

Reported move could hit Huawei Technologies' ability to run phone operating system

Google has suspended Huawei's access to updates of its Android operating system and chipmakers have reportedly cut off supplies to the Chinese telecoms company, after the US government added it to a trade blacklist last week.

Google said it was complying with an executive order issued by Donald Trump and was reviewing the "implications", later adding that Google Play - through which Google allows users to download apps - and the security features of its antivirus software Google Play Protect would continue on existing Huawei devices. New versions of its smartphones outside China would lose access to popular applications and services including Google Play, Maps and the Gmail app.